Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics Lip Tar Review and Swatches

Packaged in a cute 8ml tube that fits in my palm, the Lip Tar combines the longevity of a lipstick with the ease of application of a gloss. The formula is 100% vegan, cruelty-free and contains Hemp Oil, Peppermint Oil and Vitamin E minus parabens and other harsh preservatives.

There are a total of 39 shades to choose from, which cover your regular nudes, corals, reds, pinks and even yellow, green, blue, purple, white, black and gray for mixing. I ended up getting 9 colors, including:

The Lip Tars applied smoothly and wet like gloss but dried within seconds to a satin finish that stayed on well. Plus the claim that they are “ultra-saturated in color with an unprecedented amount of pigment” was very true. Even the tiniest drop gave me so much color I had to blot to tone it down. Just look at the swatches below!

Will you be getting yourself some Lip Tars? Part two of the swatches here!

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I know RX looks a bit like a true blue in my pics but the description was taken from OCC’s website and the color is indeed a primary cyan. It looks exactly like the Cyan (subtractive primary) in the link you mentioned.

I have had 3 tubes and 6 sample jars of OCC, and I am no longer impressed with them. They are very opaque and have an almost whitish undercast. Very few can be worn on their own, in my opinion (maybe the new ones are better). I gave all of them away. Just my two cents worth. And fyi, the shades I had were Anime, Grandma, Vintage (my fave of the bunch), Memento, Feathered, Cha Cha, Hush, the taupey shade, and another pinkish one,

I also don’t like the liptars. They don’t last well on the lips and bunch up and give white lines/change colot around the corner of your lips when you wear them longer than an hour.I can imagine they work great for industry use such as photoshoots, but really not for every day. The colors are very opaque and have no luminosity to them. They are emollient, but I find they don’t moisturize and just lie on my lips accentuating any dry flakes.